#7272C8#7272C8

#7272C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.129 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7272C8
RGB	rgb(114, 114, 200)
HSL	hsl(240, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(240, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 43%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 21.95, -44.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 49.94, 296.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.0262 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.129 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3790, 19.7811, 57.2187)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7272C8 #C8C872

analogous

#729DC8 #7272C8 #9D72C8

triadic

#7272C8 #C87272 #72C872

tetradic

#7272C8 #C8729D #C8C872 #72C89D

square

#7272C8 #C8729D #C8C872 #72C89D

split-complementary

#7272C8 #C89D72 #9DC872

monochromatic

#36368A #4747B6 #7272C8 #9E9ED9 #CACAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#7272C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#7272C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7272C8

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7272C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7272C8	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#527ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D78C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#578393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7272c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 114, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.129 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9ad9',
    500: '#7272c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7272c8;
$custom-light: #9f9ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7272c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59116,
    "c": 0.12944,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7272C8

secondary

#DBDBBB

accent

#B72EB7

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F3F2FA

border

#CDCCD3

text

#0F0E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7272C8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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